John Kerry

John Kerry (11 December 1943-) was a US Senator from Massachusetts (D) from 2 January 1985 to 1 February 2013 (succeeding Paul Tsongas and preceding Mo Cowan) and US Secretary of State from 1 February 2013 to 20 January 2017 (succeeding Hillary Clinton and preceding Rex Tillerson).

Biography
John Kerry was born in Aurora, Colorado in 1943, and he attended boarding school in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He served in the US Navy reserve, commanding a swift boat in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts, and he went on to work as an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts. He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1983 to 1985, when he was elected to the US Senate, serving until 2013. In 2002, he voted in favor of the deposition of Saddam Hussein, but he warned George W. Bush that he should exhaust his diplomatic options before going to war with Iraq. In 2004, Kerry became the Democratic nominee for president, criticizing Bush for the Iraq War. He and his running mate John Edwards lost the election 35 electoral votes behind Bush and Dick Cheney, and Kerry returned to the Senate. From 2013 to 2017, he served as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, and he left office after Donald Trump entered office.